[province] Hainaut (Archaic English: Hainault; Hainaut, ɛno; Henegouwen, Nl-Henegouwen.ogg; Hennegau; Hinnot; Hénau;) is a province of Belgium in the Wallonia region. To its south lies the French département Nord, while within Belgium it borders (clockwise from the North) on the Flemish provinces of West Flanders, East Flanders, Flemish ...
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(from the article `Low Countries, history of`) ...the whole of the United Netherlands were to bring about greater community of interests between certain provinces. On Jan. 6, 1579, the Union of ... ...the country, Belgium is divided between a French-speaking people, collectively called Walloons (approximately one-third of the total popu...
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(from the article `Low Countries, history of`) About 1100 such other territories as Brabant, Hainaut, Namur, and Holland began to expand and form principalities, helped by the weakening of the ... Among the many territorial principalities of the Low Countries, Flanders, Brabant, Hainaut-Holland, and Gelderland (Guelders) in the mid-14th...
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Industrial province of southwest Belgium, part of the French-speaking community and Walloon region, bounded to the south by France and the Belgian provinces of East and West Flanders, Flemish and Walloon Brabant, and Namur; area 3,800 sq km/1,467 sq mi; population (2003 est) 1,284,700. The capital is Mons, and other major towns incl...
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